PAWNEE COUNTY —Larned State Correctional Facility (LSCF) resident Cortez Timley died Wednesday morning at the facility, according to a media release from the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Timley, 33, was serving a sentence for one count of murder in the first degree, three counts related to drug possession and one misdemeanor count of interfering with the duties of a law enforcement officer from Shawnee County. He was admitted to KDOC on June 11, 2018.
The cause of death is pending further investigation and results of an independent autopsy.
Per protocol, when a resident dies in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC), the death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI). The investigation is currently on-going.
The Larned State Correctional Facility is an all-male facility housing all custody levels with a current population of 525 residents. The name of the facility was officially changed on April 27, 2023, from Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility to the Larned State Correctional Facility.